450 
ils fire with that of the second battery, and to command the 
roadstead the fourth, on the quay of the port de pm t u]ue 
below the' palace of Prince Woroneoff; each of these two 
last-named batteries had eight guns. In addition to those 
four batteries, ihoro were three others ; one on the other Bide 
of the Gulf of Odessa, at the Russian village of Dofinolltfl, 
nearly opposite the quarantine port ; the other, to the south 
of the port, near the country-house of the Countess of 
Longeron; and the third, in the same direction, and near 
the Cape of the Groat Fountain, where a lighthouse is also 
placed. TJIB ACC0UNXS p R 0M VIENNA. 
The Vienna Prcssc of the 4th has an Odessa letter of the 
25th ult.,of which the following is a translation ‘ The 
last ship belonging to the combined fleets has disappeared 
to-day, and the excitement and terror of the inhabitants of 
Odessa have in somo measure subsided. As the Anglo- 
French vessels neared the city, the greater part of the 
people fled. As on the 13th, the Furious, which had 
nominally como to fetch away tho English and French Con- 
suls, was fired at by the strand batteries, the commander or the 
port probably had a presentiment that the protecting fleet 
would soon appear. Accordingly, on the 14th of April, lie 
addressed a proclamation to tho inhabitants of Odessa, in 
which he summoned them, as a blockade, or even a bombard- 
ment, was to bo expected, ton-move their goods Into the 
interior. At half-past 3 on tho 14th, seven men-of-war hove 
in sight, and announced their arrival by discharging a few 
cutis at our port-batteries. In spite of tho assurance of tho 
RUttlan officers that the danger was not so near, tho 
terrified peoplo fled from tho city, which was garrisoned by 
Strong detachments of soldiers. Without loss of timo into 11- 
genee was forwarded to St. Petersburg and Sebastopol that 
the bombardment of Odessa had begun on the 14.il. The 
newly-arrived vessels, however, kept out of the range 
of tho port batteries, and snapped up all the mer- 
chantmen that attempted to enter tho hnrbour. Dur- 
ing tho night between tho 14th and 16th, the 
vessels sent a few broadsides into the magazines near the 
beach, and one was burnt. The watchfulness of tho com- 
mander of the port, who had made all tho necessary prepa- 
rations for extinguishing a fire, saved ns from any greater 
misfortune. On the 15th, the ships loft for Varna with 
their prizes, and every one thought the danger was over. 
On the 10th, towards six in tho evening, somo 17 vessels 
appeared on the horizon, and on their arrival placed them- 
selves just within range of our butteries, and no more ; 
they then turned, and their first salutation was a broadside 
from 900 guns. On the 17th April a steamer, with a flag of 
truce flying, entered tho port, but a few shots which were 
fired from the butteries prevented her advancing. A Russian 
ship went off to the steamer, which had brought a written 
summons from tho British Admiral to surrender all tho ships 
which wore in port. This was peremptorily refused, and 
at 3 on the satno day tho ships, then ut a greater distance, 
opened a tremendous fire on our strand batteries, two of 
which wore dismounted. Two magazines took fire, but as 
night draw on, tho bombardment ceased. From the 18th 
up to tlie 22nd negotiations were carried on, during which 
tho Russians wore receiving reinforcements, and the injuied 
batteries got into order. On tho 22nd, at eight in 
the morning, a still moro violent bombardment began, 
which wus continued without interruption until half- 
past 6ix in tho oveuing. Most of tho strand batteries 
were injured, and those in the north-east corner of 
tho port were almost entirely dismounted. The loss of 
the Russians, who displayed tho greatest Intrepidity, is esti- 
mated ut 200 mon ; more than 300 wore dangerously^ ami 
moro than twice that number less severely, wounded. Six 
magazines wero burnt. Tho city suffered comparatively 
little, though ft few of tho principal buildings, and among 
the rest, the Woronzoff Palace, were a prey to the flames. 
Odessa has completely changed its external appearance. 
The terrific cannonade lias broken all the windows, many 
chimneys have fallen, ond the steeples of many churches are 
injured.’ The fleet also suffered, for five ships were put 
hors dv combat, and taken in tow to Varna. Tho French 
attempted to land at the south-west end of the port, but 
were repulsed with loss by a powerful Russian force. We 
are still occupied in quenching tho burning ruins. During 
the action theses ran extremely high.” 
According to another report the batteries at tho north- 
eastern (or Cherson) end of the port wero extremely well 
worked, although they were exposed to the firo of six 
steamers, which eent in an incessant shower of bombs, 
rockets, end red-hot halls. Tho harbour or harbours of 
Odes'a are artificial. Thero arc two moles. The so-called 
Prulika (or quarantine harbonr) is In the centre; Cherson 
is the so-called war port. Among the prizes taken to Varna 
is one which is said to have a very considerable sum in 
silver on board. 
THE ACCOUNT FROM RERUN. 
The IVeHMwc&e Vorratptmdrne publishes some extracts 
from letters Itom Odessa, which also give a Rossiatily -tinted 
description of the affair of tho 22nd of April:—' “ In the 
afternoon of the 20th of April there eppeavod in the Roads 
a fleet consisting of ten English and nine French vessels, of 
which six wore three-masters and nine wero steamers. Tho 
following day « boat was sent to the shoro with a Hag of 
truce, to demand, It is said, tho surrender of ull Russian 
merchantmen and all cannon there. At half-past 6 o’clock 
on the 24nd, the nine steamers opened their fire on the 
Pratika harbonr, in which were lying certain Russian vessels 
that, having performed quarantine, hud taken pratique. A 
battery of tour guns at tho mouth of this harbour answered 
this fire, but utter a contest of seven or eight hours, and 
after its magazine had been blown up, it was dismounted. 
The number of the vessels taking part in the attack had in 
the meantime been considerably increased. Tho pratique 
harbour was in flames, and the ships that were in it were 
part burnt and part scuttled to prevent their being carried 
off. The enemy ’s balls set fire to several of the houses about 
the pratique hnrbour ; a number of balls also fell in the 
town itself, but without doing any amount of damage. The 
quarantine harbour in which three foreign vessels were 
lying, two of which were Prussian, remained uninjured. At 
0 o’clock in the evening of the 22nd the fire ceased on both 
sides. 1 n the coarse of the day considerable reinforcements, 
both of artillery and troops, were brought in from the neigh- 
bourhood. The garrison of tho town was estimated nt 
30,000 to 35,000 men. Up to noon on the 23rd, at which 
time the report okwes, hostilities had not been recommenced. 
Tho English and French squadron at that time remained 
motionless in the Iloads.” 
THE ACCOUNT FROM PARIS. 
The Paris Constiiutionnel contains the following particu- 
lars : — “We find in a private correspondence from the 
THE FIELD. 
bankToftlie Danube, written the day after the attack on the 
military harbour and batteries of Odessa, 6orne interesting 
particulars respecting tho situation of tho country. On the 
1 7 th, a division of English and French si earn- frigates pre- 
sented itself boforo Odessa. On their arrival the greutest 
terror pervaded the city. The wealthy families hired ull tho 
post-horses and other moans of conveyance to remove to the 
interior, and tho inhabitants sought refuge in the neighbour- 
ing country, but the English and French steamers having 
withdrawn’ after taking a survey of tho roads, the alarm 
subsided by degrees, the population returned, and tho Eliops 
were re-opened. On the 21st, however, the appearance of 
33 sail on tho horizon created a still greater terror, for it was 
evident that they were coming to avenge the insult offered 
to an English flag of truce— an act which was, at Odessa, 
the object of universal reprobation. The next day nothing 
could exceed tho consternation, everybody being in constant 
apprehension of a catastrophe. The fears redoubled when 
the gunpowder magazine blew up, and the military stores 
were srou on fire. The sight of the wounded soldiers, 
brought in from the batteries, and the brutality of the 
governor and the troops towards the inhabitants, were not 
Ommanucy, left Spithead on Wednesday mornin-TfoTTr' 
North Sea The brisk will follow her in a day or two lh6 
Copenhagen, May 1.— H.M.S. Ro>amond arrived f 
day. Admiral Plumridge*lias been up the Finnish Gulf i 
re slope the buoys taken away by Russian order. Where* l ° 
he landed all was desert. In one hut be found a dv^ 
man, with his coffin at his side ; the rest of the inhabitant* 
had fled, without leaving him any food. He met, of cour° 9 
with the kindest treatment on the part of the Brill h 
officers, and was much astonished by the fact, as u le - 
had been spread about that Englishmen wore savage rob 
bers, who spared neither women nor children. Near ReVi 
they had been fired upon from some land batteries h,r 
without any effect. * ut 
The British fleet lias been reinforced by Prince Regent 
90, and Cumberland, 70, both arrived from England Vu’ 
French liner Austerlitz, 100, in cornpuny. The Frencl' 
squadron, under Admiral Parseval Deschenes, did n t 
anchor in Wingo Sound, hut proceeded immediately up ti? 
Baltic to join the British fleet. 
nab 1 
Two pilots, who were taken on board tho fleet nt Elf s 
ibbon, have been discharged. It was strongly suspected 
shipman.” 
In order to diminish the sufferings caused by the war 
entored upon by Nicholas, the Western Powers have 
generously agreed uot to disturb the boat-trade carried on 
between tho Norwegian Finmark fishers and the Russian 
Lodie-men. Hereby a vast amount of individual misery in 
the White Sea will be avoided ; liosidos which Norway will 
be spared tho heavy sacrifices it would have been compelled 
to make to supply these distant districts with corn. 
(BY SUBMARINE AND RUHOPEAN TELEGRAPH.) 
Copenhagen, May 8 . — The Cumberland, the Prince 
Regent, and the Austerlitz, sailed from Elgsnabben on the 
5th. 
The Magicienne carries to England four prizes captured 
in the Gulf of Bothnia. 
calculated to allay those fears. This affair produced great 1 that ono of thorn was less attached to English than t 0 
discouragement among the troops, und an excellent effect on Russian interests ; and it was noticed that lie whs constantly 
tho population, who perceived that the Russian army was writing letters and sending them ashore. Sir Charles 
not able to protect them, end that if the city was not re- Napier has been warmly advised to be very careful win, 
duced to ashes, it was solely owing to the generosity of the reference to his choice of pilots for the Finnish coast, 
allied Powers.” ’ j The bospitul-ship Belleisle, 24, Commander Hoskin, lying 
....... fit Plymouth, received 12 seamen on Tuesday from ml 
THE FRENCH ADMIRALS DESPATCF . guavdship Impregnable, 104, Captain A. Lowe, and 32 from 
UM.E M Parts, Odessa Roads, April 25 -On I he f he R oy j 12 o, Captain Kingcombe. Her officers 
morning of the 22d lit steam lugatos, nee • 1 an( j creW were j, a jj wages on the same day, and she will at 
five English proceeded to the imperial port of Odessa a d , ^ d ^ ^ ^ Wl11 at 
at half-pust fi, four of them had opened ilieir firo on the laud 
batteries, 
batteries, 
frigates 
continued 
Dundas 
The fire 
powder magazine had blown up; 15 vessels, with the excep- 
tion of two or three, were either sunk or on fire. The naval 
establishments wore also on fire, or very much injured from 
the shells. The town and the commercial port, where a 
number of vessels of all nations were moored, were respected. 
Several of these vessels took advantage of the confusion and 
got out, and among them the only two French vessels that 
were there. 
LETTER FROM H.M.S. TERRIBLE. 
At 5 o’clock on the morning of tho 22nd of April, the 
signal was made for the steamers to commence an attack on 
tho Imperial Mole, and ihe fortifications in its neighbour- 
hood. Orders were given not to firo at the Pratique Mole, 
where tho British shipping were unchored, and as much as 
possible to abstain from wanton destruction of private pro- 
perty. The steamers entered ill two divisions. Tho first 
consisted of the Sampson, Furious, Vauban, and Megador. 
The Sampson fired the first shot ntthe Imperial Mole, and the 
fire was instantly returned. The action continued about 
two hours without cessation. At 7 a.m. the second division 
received the signal to stand in. It consisted of the Terrible, 
Tiger, Retribution, and three French steamers. The Retri- 
bution led the way. The Russians had laid down a “lump,” 
that is, an old vessel was anchored to mark the distance 
their guns would carry. Tho allied division went within 
this mark, and therefore exposed themselves to loss from 
the shot of the enemy. At first, however, their allot did not 
reach our ships, although they suffered severely under our 
fire. The Terrible stood further in than the rest, and com- 
menced filing red-hot shot. After a time a loud oxplosion 
was heard. Tho Imperial magazine hnd been blown up by 
a shot from tho Terrible, and great purt of the niole on 
which it stood was rent in pieces by the violence of tho 
explosion. This relieved the Anglo-French squadron from 
their most formidable opponent, the battery on the Imperial 
Mole. The Terrible continued to fire red-hot shot. A 
Russian frigate in tho harbour took fire, burnt to 
the water’s edge, and blew up. Two new frigates on tho 
stocks were soon in flames, and from 20 to 30 merchant- 
men, and some smaller vessels of war, were soon 
sunk or burnt. Each of the vessels which remained out 
of action hud sent a rocket boat, firing 24-pound rockets, and 
these caused terrible destruction. Tho dockyard was the 
chief object of theso missiles, and it was soon in flames. The 
seamen of the Terrible, which remained on the spot till the 
following Tuesday, declaro that it burnt for two days and 
two nights, and this vast collection of naval stores must have 
been totally destroyed. When the Imperial Mole blew up 
tho fleet gave three cheers, the French commencing. 
Signals were then made to stand in further, and continue 
the attack. At this moment the batteries on the Upper or 
Pratique Mole, near which the English ships wore anchored, 
opened fire, and, according to tho accounts I received, 
tho English sailors could not be prevented from returning 
the fire. The batteries suffered severely, but wero not silenced. 
In tho meantime the rocket boats hud sot on tire tho lower 
part of the town. This is tho most melancholy part of the 
transaction. The whole of this part of the city is destroyed. 
In fact, less than half of what was once Odessa now remains. 
Factories, warehouses, and shops were involved in a com- 
mon destruction. The Arethusa sailing frigate left the body 
of tho fleet, and joined in the action occasionally, standing 
in and out during the whole day. At half-past 5 p. m., 
when the action had lasted 12?, hours, the signal of recall 
was made. The action ceased ; the Terrible having lost two 
men killed and five wounded, the Retribution three, and the 
Sampson five wounded. These wero all the casualties 
that I was able to ascertain. Unless the Russians escaped 
from their burning frigate before its explosion, their loss 
must have been terrific in this one spot. All attempts, how- 
ever, to estimate tho number of their killed aud wounded 
must be mere guesswork. As Ihe Terrible was the most 
distinguished in this action she was received with all honours 
on passing the fleet. Each ship cheered her as she steamed 
past on her way to the Bosphorus, (She arrived there April 
27.) She lwis suffered much in personal appearance. Her 
paddle-boxes are a good deal knock* d about, and she has 12 
shot in her hull. Captain M ’Cleverly remained on the 
paddle-box all the time, and narrowly escaped a 6hot. 
OUR WOODEN WALLS. 
THE BALTIC FLEET, 
S h kern rss. — The ILiy rood screw steam transport loft on 
Sunday, laden with provisions for the allied fleets in the 
Baltic. 
Portsmouth, May 10.— The Eurydice, 20, Captain 
THE RUSSIAN PRIZES. 
The number of Russian merchant vessels already cap- 
tured by English men-of-war, appears from all accounts to 
have been about 30, besides which seven or eight have been 
destroyed. The greater number of vessels liable to capture 
have, however, been sold to neutral and other house*, and 
now hoist a flag which insures their safety. By letters 
received from the Baltic, the blockade of the Russian and 
Finnish coasts has already been felt by several neutral 
vessels. 
The letters received from tho several Brazilian ports re- 
present considerable excitement to have been occasioned by 
the intelligence of a declaration of war by England against 
Russia. With ono or two exceptions, all the Russian mer- 
chants vessels at Rio Janeiro had been immediately sold 
for the purpose of avoiding capture by English cruisers. 
Lieutenant Marcus E. Sniitliett (21st Juno, 1853), from 
the Tribune, 31 screw, now in the Bnltic, arrived at tho 
Nore on Saturday evening last, in charge of the Russian 
Finland bark Phoenix, taken by the Tribune on tho 12tli 
of April last, off Gothland. The Phcenix had on board, 
when taken, 70 persons, iucludiug her own officers and crew. 
Tho passengers on board consisted of officers aud seamen 
whose vessels had been sold at neutral ports ; they wero all 
landed at Copenhagen except the master. At the time tho 
Phoenix was preparing to anchor at tho Nore, one of tho 
seamen belonging to tho Tribune fell off the main-yard and 
broke his thigh bone. The Phoenix, ut the time slio was 
taken, was a lightship, clean swept for the accommodation 
of the passengers, who, with the crew, were liberated on the 
promise that they would not take up arms against any of 
the foreign Powers now at war with Ilussiu. Muny of them 
expressed a desire to be taken to London ond liberated 
there, as that would give them a much better chance to 
enter into the merchant service of neutral or other vessels 
trading to Australia, See. This request, it appears, the 
authorities (under present instructions) could not comply 
with, and they were obliged to accept their liberty on tli« 
terms laid down for them by the present Admiralty orders 
issued to tho commanders in riio Baltic. 
An English steam-frigate passed Elsinore April 24th 
on its way home, towing three prizes — the frigate-ship 
Mentor, of Abo; the barque Aland, of Abo ; and the brig 
Alexandra, of Helsingfors — all laden with salt. During the 
first quarter of this year 1,271 ships passed the Sound. 
The following vessels, on the 2Gth ult., took refuge in 
Elsinore harbour, in consequence of the war, viz,.: — Juno, 
Svahn, of Nyc Curleby, from Lisbon ; Gustav, Bjorkroth, of 
Uleaborg, from Liverpool, both with silt; und the Sigrid 
(brig), Sandman, from Cette, with wine. 
The Fyra Broder, Bloom, (from Hyeres to Nystod, laden 
with salt, was captured on 27th April, fifteen miles S.W. of 
Hastings, by her Mujesty’s ri vcinv- steamer Active, and was 
brought into Portsmouth on Friday last, und then proceeded 
to the eastward. 
From Copenhagen, under date 2vtli April, we learn that 
the Ida, S'en, had been captured, and wus then passing tl |fl 
port as a prize. 
M arg ate, April 30. — A Russian galliot was at anchor 
near Tongue Light, when two French men-of-war, frig# 1 ® 
and sloop, made the r appearance, and immediately board* 
the galliot, hoisted a French ensign at tire mizemnust, loo » 
her :u tow, aird proceeded up Princes Channel. , 
Dover, April 2Qth. — Brought in this day, by her Majesty * 
revenue cutter Lion, the Russian schooner Johannes, ° 
B >rgo, iu Finland, from Cad.z for Elsinore, with a cargo 0 
salt ; she wa- taken prize to the westward of Folkestone, 
C«f»t dn Pearn, whose cutter's crew Consisted chiefly 0 
fishermen from this port, his crow having been drafted iu 
the ships in tho Downs. .. 
O.i Thursday the revenue cruiser Eliza, Captain O’Malley > 
stnli ned at Cork, put to sea to watch Russian vesse 
